SILK, Edward Volney
| Service Number: | 446 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | 1878, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Molong, Cabonne, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 6 June 1969, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay, Qld C of E Section 2, Line 1, Plot 4 |
| Memorials: | Molong Armed Forces Personnel Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 446, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Trooper E. V. Silk, of Molong Rifles, is on the way home. He is returning by the Tongarlro, and was at Perth, WA, last Saturday - 27 April 1901
Trooper E. V. Silk writes as follows to the Returned Soldiers' Beception Committee, Molong: — ' Gentlemen,— Permit me, on the occasion of my return to Molong, to tender my most sincere and heartfelt thanks to the residents of Molong (especially to those gentlemen of which the abovenamed committee is composed) for the handsome medal handed to my mother on my behalf. I feel that in volunteering to serve my late Queen and the Empire that I only did my duty. I shall ever regard the medal with feelings of pride and gratitude, and its possession will ever bring fond recollections of the kindness bestowed on me by the residents ot Molong. Again thanking you for the handsome me mento,— Believe me, gentlemen, sincerely yours, E. V. Silk.'